Eare-box



A. J. CHMURSKI.

FARE BOX.

PPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1920.

Patented Apr. 5, 1.921.

2 SHE-ETSSHEET l.

I Arman J. Ehmursk:

A. J. C'HMURSKL FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 5. 1-920 Patented Apr. 5, 1921 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Anilun J, Chmurslii entree stares earner tries.

ANTONJ. CHMURSKI, or MILWA'UKEE, WISCONSIN, Assreno t or oNE-rreLr 'roFRANK REGI$, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FARE-BOX.

Application filed April 5,

To allwiwm it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON J. CHMURsKI, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee an'd State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fare- Boxes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare boxes foruse upon street railway cars and other vehicles, and elsewhere wheremoney or tickets are collected.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a fare receptaclefrom which it is impossible for eithermoney or tickets to be removed byunauthorized persons without mutilation of the box. Heretofore it hasbeen possible for money and tickets to be shaken irom the fare boxes atpresent in use when, the same are inverted. Thisis obviated in thepresent invention.

It is an object of the invention to provide a two compartment fareboxseparated by a movable partition which carries a means forcompressing tickets or other fares in the storage compartment or formoving the same out of the path of the partition so asto permitadditional fares to pass into the said storage compartment from thereceiving compartment.

It is'likewise an object of the invention to provide a meansforrpreventing tickets from adhering to the upper'bafile plate adjacentthe inlet into the box to. thus eliminate the possibility of clogging.

With these and other objects in view' which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds,- the invention resides in the novel features ofconstruction, combination andarrangement 'of parts which'will behereinafter more particularly described and In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 represents a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 1-'-1'of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a similar section taken at right angles to the section of Fig.land upon the plane of the line 2-2 oi saidfigure.

Fig. 3 is a detail elev ational view; partly in section, of the'lockwhichis used to retain the fare box closurein. normal position.

, Fig.4 is a'part'eleva'tional-and part sec- Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Apr, 5,1921.

1920. Serial no. 371,405.

tional view, the section'being indicated I the line44.-of Fig.1;yf s

Fig. 5 is a verticalsection on the plane of the line 55 of Fig. 1, and-Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view upon the plane of the line 6-6 of Fig.5.

g Referring more particularly tothe accompanying drawings, it will beseen that the present fare box, following the custom of the ordinaryfare receiving receptacle at present in use, includes an upper receivingcompartment 1 and a lower storage compartment 2, p

the former having aplurality of transparent sides so that the farecollector can see whether or not the proper fare has been deposited; thelower storage compartment is entirely closed and is adapted toprovide areceptacle to receive a large number of fares. Entrance into the upperreceiving compartment is obtained through the usual inlet 3, whilethetares can be readily removed from the lower storage compartmentbysliding out a bottom plated. Such bottom is :nor-v mally retained inclosed position by means of a lock 5, the difierent parts of which areadapted to receive a seal-wire 6 and retain;

the lock against unauthorized opening. A seal '7 secures the ends of thewire 6 together as shown in Fig. 3.;

The upper and lower compartments [are separatedby a partition plate 8hinged asat 9 alongone longitudinal edge to one wallof the receivingcompartment,the opposite longitudinal edge being in engagement with theadjacent receiving compartment wall when the same is closed or is inhorizontal position as indicatedin Fig. 2. The fulcrum of-the plate 8 isprovided with a crank 10 with which a vertically reciprocative handle 11engages. A spring 12 normally holds the partition plate closed and thehandle 11 ex' tended, but the crank 10 and said plate are. swung uponthe pivot 01": thellatterby down-. ward pressure on said handle. f

The free longitudinal edge of the plate v8 which swings into the storagecompartment 2 upon downward 'moveine'nt'of the handle 11 is liable to beinterfered with bythe; quantity. of fares in said compartment. Thereforein order to pack said fares or move them out of the path orthe-partition plate 8 when the compartment 2 hasbecome nearly filled,v Iprovide an arcuate lip13, which. may be termed a ticketfpusher the same.extending obliquely to the under side vofthe partition plate and securedthereto adjacent said longitudinal free edge.

It is obviously desirable to prevent the return of fares from thestorage compart-' 14 for cooperation with a substantially U-shaped loopor yoke 15. hen the fare box isin proper position, the weight of thisloop, which is hinged at one end, disposes it against the stop 16 andout of the path of movement of the latch finger 1 1. When, however, thefare box is inverted, the free end of the latch loop will be swung intoengagement with the latch finger 14 to hold the crank against beingmoved by the handle 11.

Any fares which do not pass into the storage compartment 2, or are heldwithin thereceiving compartment on the partition plate 8 cannot beshaken or otherwise removed from the latter in view of the baflle 7means employed. This includes a stationary bjalile plate 17located'directly beneath the inlet 3 and at such an incline as to directfares onto the pivoted bai'ile plate 18 which is fulcrumed at its upperedge as at 19. The lower edge of the latter is preferably locatedsubstantially directly beneath the lower edge of the stationary bailleplate 17 and is held in this position-by spacing legs 20. The bafiieplates are thus staggered with respect to each other and the spacebetween the lower edges thereof is partially closed by an apron 21depended from the under side of the upper or stationary plate 17 Thefree edges of the plates 17 and 18 and the apron 21 are all providedwith teeth 22 so that if a person inserts an instrument in the receivingcompartment 1 through the inlet 3, the same is liable to be cau ht. Anins ector uion seein the instrument secured in the receivingcompartment, will know that an attempt has been made to tamper with thecontents of the fare box. He is further warned that such is thecase if atell-tale 23, which is in the form of a weight carried by the pivoted 1baffle plate 18, has been displaced from its usual support 24.

By having the lower baflic plate 18 disposed in staggered relation tothe stationary upper baffle plate 17 and pivotedin the manner shown, itis obvious that as soon as the fare box is moved out of normal uprightposition, such plate 18 will swing into engagement with theapron 21,thus closing the lower portion of the receiving compartv ment from theupper. A further protection is provided by a guard plate25 whichv ispivoted at its upper edge and hangs downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1,beneath the stationary baffle plate 17. This plate 25 also cooperateswith the other plates 17 and 18 to completely separate the lower portionof the receiving compartment from the upper when the fare box isinverted, placed on its side or otherwise moved from a normal uprightposition.

- As a further precautionary measure the pivoted baffle plate 18 carriesa row of fiexible battle members in the form of chains 26 the upper endsof which are loosely disposed for sliding movement on a rod 27 carried 1by the underside of the plate 18. VVeights 28 on the free ends of thechains 26 hold'the same vertical and also aid in quickly throwing thechains into engagement with one side or the other of the receivingcompartment whenthe fare box is disposed 011 either of its sides. Inother words these chains lay against the lowermost side of the receivingcompartment 1 when the fare box is in the last mentioned position so asto prevent the escape of fares between the walls of the said receivingcompartment and the adjacent edges of the plates 17 "and 18. Thestationary plate 17 also supports a number of baiile chains-29 forsubstantially thesame purpose as the chains 26. V

Like the receiving compartment 1, the storage compartment2 also has aguard plate 30 for preventing the possible discharge of fares. Thisplate 30, however, is

pivoted to onewall of thestorage compartment in such a position that itwill be thrown over the free edge of the partitionplate 8 when the farebox is inverted. This guard.

plate 30 is provided as a supplemental means to the partition platelocking means includw ing the latch finger 14: and latch loop 15 instorage compartment 2 is located an alarm mechanism, which consists ofa'bell or other sounding device 33, a clapper 34, and a clockwork 35 foractuating the clapper under cer? tain conditions.

An escapement wheel 36 and an escapement 37 which are usual parts of aclock-workmechanism control the m'ove ments of the clapper 34 and are inturn held in operative or inoperative position by a release arm 38. Solong as the fare box remains in normal upright position, the clap per 34is held inactive.

As soon, however, as said fare box is in,-

verte d, or tilted,the arm 38 is released and the alarm is sounded. Therelease is procured by removing one or more weights 39 from the end ofthe release arm 38 which is disposed within the cylinder 4:0, saidweights being normally in engagement with said arm as the result ofgravity action. Thus each time the weights 39 are shifted out ofengagement with the arm 38, the clock-work mechanismbecomes active andsounds the alarm.

The number of times up to a certain limit, that the fare box has beentampered with is visually indicated by numbers disposed on a dial 41 andvisible through sight openings 12 in one wall of the storage compartment2. This dial 4E1 which is rotatable on an axis 13 is provided with aplurality of teeth 4 1 any one of which is designed to be struck by atrip 45. This trip is carried by a plunger a6 non-rotatively andslidably mounted within the cylinder 40. Being normally located adjacentthe weights 39, the plunger is shifted each time the fare box isinverted, and on each of said occasions the dial ll is rotated to exposeone of its characters through the sight openings 42. A. double actingpawl 47 holds the dial against retrograde movement by engagement withthe teeth 44 as shown in Fig. 5. Means is also provided for preventingfurther operation or. rotation of the dial 41 when a predeterminedcharacter thereon is exposed through the sight opening. In other words,if the characters run from one to five and if five has been exposed as aresult of the fare box havin been tampered with five times, the dialwill be held against additional movement.

When the weather is cold andthe temperature below freezing, tickets areliable to adhere to the baffle plate 17 if they are moistened, forinstance by having been held in a persons mouth. Obviously theaccumulation of several tickets in the baffle plate 17 will tend to clogthe fare box and cause delays in collecting fares. To overcome thisdifficulty, I have disposed a heating element 4:8 beneath the plate 17.In the present instance this heating element is in the form of cheatingthe fare collector, since the amount of the fare deposited can be seenthrough the receiving compartment walls, which will prevent farecollectors and others from re moving fares deposited, and will indicatewhether or not an attempt has been made to remove said fares. Variouschanges may be made in the form and proportion of the difierent parts ofthe receptacle and in the manner of locating the various mechanismswithout departing from the principles as outlined in the followingclaims.

I claim:

1. In a receptacle of the class described, a receiving compartmenthaving an article inlet, a storage compartment below the receivingcompartment, a partition plate separating the compartments, means formoving the partition to open position when the receptacle is in normallocation, and means for preventing the operation of the last mentionedmeans when the receptacle is inverted.

2. In a receptacle of the class described, a

receiving compartment having an article inlet, a storage compartmentbelow the receiving compartment, a partition plate separating thecompartments, means for moving the partition to open position when thereceptacle is in normal location, and a pusher plate carried by thepartition plate for engagement with the articles in the storagecompartment to pack the same when thepartition plate is moved to openposition. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

ANTON J. GHMURSKI.

